Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1891 — The Origin of High Heels. [ARTICLE]

The Origin of High Heels.

High heels originated in Persia; where they were attached to sandals in the shape of blocks of wood to raise the feet from the burning sands of that country. With men these blocks u ere two inches high, but with the women they were worn as high as two feet. Many years afterward the custom came into vogue in Venice, where such supports of shoos were called “chapineys. *